Designated Safeguarding Officer

2 months ago

Portsmouth, United Kingdom Fair Ways Full time

**Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?**

Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops

**Where and When do we need you?**

We are looking for a Designated Safeguarding Officer to support our Governance and Quality Team. It is essential to embed excellent safeguarding practice across our organisation and to monitor, review and continuously improve safeguarding and child protection policies, procedures, and practice. You will play your part in providing operationally independent oversight of the quality and safety of Fair Ways services, to recognise best practice and identify opportunities to raise standards so that the organisation continually improves and bring about lasting change.

**In this role you will be involved exciting and rewarding things like**:

- **Quality Assurance**: Providing support to operational and executive boards to fulfil their legal, statutory, and regulatory requirements by providing oversight and quality assurance of safeguarding practice. Ensuring effective safeguarding policies and procedures are in place consistent with legislation and regulatory requirements and that procedure and relevant best practice is followed.
- **Strategic Development**: Providing strategic leadership specifically aimed at promoting and protecting the welfare and safety of the service users who come into contact with our organisation. Ensuring the organisation has an effective safeguarding training strategy that meets the needs of service users and staff.
- **Partnership Working**: Ensuring effective collaboration and communication with the Human Resources function so that relevant cases are supported with both employment law and safeguarding expertise.
- **Governance and Reporting**: Supporting the governance system through the provision of effective safeguarding reporting informed by the analysis of relevant qualitative and quantitative information so that key themes, trends, risks and areas for development can be highlighted and responded to.

**This role we be working Monday
- Wednesday on 22.5 hr per week basis (other daily working patterns could be considered). This role will be a hybrid position, working from home and at our central support office in Portsmouth 1 day per week.**

**You and your specialisms**

Our internal community is core to achieving our mission of making a difference through passionate care, support, and education. To support this, you will have the following:

- To hold a Social Work Qualification, NVQ Level 4/5 in health and social care management or equivalent and hold relevant professional registration.
- A minimum of 3 years management experience of running a regulated residential, health or education service for children or adults; or experience of managing a team where safeguarding is central to its purpose.
- Experience of implementing change within safeguarding settings and coordinating safeguarding enquiries.

**Let us look after you**

Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
- Free Staff lotteries (including prizes such as £1000 holiday vouchers, weekends away, luxury hampers and vouchers)
- Holiday Accrual Scheme and additional Holiday Purchase (up to 5 days
- Health Shield (Health cash plan)
- Employee Assistance Scheme (Application based emergency financial assistance for employees)
- Education Grant - (funding up to master’s level accreditation)
- Wellbeing Initiatives - Team Building Days, Summer Festival, Wellbeing boxes
- Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 counselling service)
- Highstreet discount platform, Discounted Gym Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Leadership Courses
- Free Parking
- Annual Staff Awards/ Long Service Awards
- Pension Scheme
- Eligibility for a Blue Light Card
- £250 Refer a Foster Carer Scheme
- Enhanced Pension Scheme

**Find your happy place - we can’t wait to meet you**

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 22.5 per week

**Salary**: £50,980.00-£66,460.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Portsmouth: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- social work: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- HCPC (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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